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A look at films and filmmakers during World War II and in the years following it, a profile of Orson Welles and an examination of movies impacted by the McCarthy era. Also: comments by moviemakers Robert Towne, Paul Schrader and Stanley Donen.

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A study of filmmakers from France, Germany, Russia, China and Japan and the genres in which the made their marks, and a profile of Chinese actress Ruan Lingyu (1910-35), a popular silent-film star whose life ended tragically.